Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1872 | Theben | Dampschiffahrt | |
1873 | Dagmar | Det Forendede Dampskibs Selskab | |
1916 | Runhild | Karl Ancher | |
1916 | Runhild | Nils Osterman |
On a voyage from Stockholm to Rauma with general cargo, the Swedish steamship Runhild was stopped by the German submarine U-22 (Karl Scherb), in the Gulf of Bothnia. A prize crew was put aboard and the ship ordered to Libau. The following day, November 3rd, 1916, she struck a mine and sank in the Aland Sea. No lives were lost.
This section will, in time, contain the stories of more than 450 merchant ships built or owned in the Hartlepools, and which were lost during the First World War. As an illustration of the truly global nature of shipbuilding, these ships were owned by companies from 22 different countries, including more than 30 sailing under the German flag at the outbreak of war.
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Owners: 1872 Dampschiffahrt (D.D.G. Kosmos) Germany: 1873 Det Forendede Dampskibs Selskab (D.F.D.S.), Copenhagen–renamed Dagmar: 1916 Karl Ancher, Sweden-renamed Runhild: 1916 Angfartygs A/B Uman (Nils Osterman) Stockholm
Masters: 1873 Stallknecht: 1875-76 J Fredriksen: 1878-86 P Petersen: 1887-95 FAS Hansen: 1900-01 ES Brabrand junior: 1903 LE Gade: 1908-09 LT Bogvad: 1911 F Bogvad.
Bound from Stockholm for Raumo the Runhild was captured in November 1916 & was being taken by a prize crew towards a German port when she was mined & sunk in the Baltic on 3 November 1916. All on board managed to reach the Swedish maritime belt where they were taken aboard a Swedish torpedo boat & landed at Sweden. Under neutral law the rescued men were handed over to the Russians on the condition they took no further part in the hostilities for the duration of the War. No lives lost.
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